Scotland’s former first minister excluded finance secretary from meetings in 2020, inquiry also hears
The UK Covid inquiry is struggling to understand how Nicola Sturgeon took key decisions during the pandemic because her “gold command” meetings were not minuted, the inquiry has heard.
Jamie Dawson KC, the inquiry’s Scottish counsel, said it appeared that the Scottish government failed to record discussions during any of the Sturgeon’s crucial “gold” meetings with a small handful of her advisers and senior ministers during 2020 and 2021.
